Museum of Cannock Chase

The Museum of Cannock Chase site was once home to the Valley Colliery; the training pit for thousands of young men beginning their working lives in the local coal industry. The pit has gone and in its place are over 30 acres of green space on the edge of Cannock Chase, at the gateway to the Hednesford Hills Nature Reserve.

Today the hills form one of the last remaining areas of heathland in Britain.

The Museum was established in 1989 by Cannock Chase District Council as a Museum serving the Chase area, and seeks to increase access to Culture and Heritage within the Cannock District which includes Cannock, Hednesford and Rugeley. Entrance to the Museum is free.

In 1993, the museum achieved fully Registered status. The Registration standards are set by the Museums and Galleries Commission; to meet these, the museum has demonstrated a commitment to good collections care, management and public service.

Our mission statement is:

"To give residents of, and visitor's to, Cannock Chase district both a 'sense of place' and the opportunity to actively partake in the preservation and exploration of the area's cultural heritage"

The museum has its own 'Friends' organisation.

www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/museum